Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was a multiple Hugo Award and Nebula Award winner. She was the first science fiction writer to receive the MacArthur Fellowship’s “Genius Grant.” All that, plus she was the first African-American woman to be officially recognized as a fabulous sci-fi writer.

Born in Pasadena, California, Butler started writing as a kid. It took her a long time and suffering through many non-writing jobs to develop her style and eventually sell many, many stories, including her Patternist series, her Xenogenesis series, and her Parable series (aka Earthseed series).

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Oh, I love this. Thank you for writing down your visions, Octavia, and sharing them so that we writers who struggle with self-doubt (and anyone who is a writer struggles with self-doubt) can be soothed by your ability to prop yourself up and keep going on. Peace to you, wherever you may be.
And thanks for sharing, da-AL!